SUPPLEMENTAL REVISIONS TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM
House Bill 4523 (H-3)
Committee: Appropriations
Complete to 3-29-12
FLOOR SUMMARY OF FY 2011-12 HOUSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL 4523 (H-3)
House Bill 4523, an FY 2011-12 supplemental appropriations bill, unappropriates and reappropriates $215.0 million ($15.0 million considered one-time) associated with the FY 2011-12 Economic Vitality Incentive Program in order to revise provisions associated with the program. There is no net change in FY 2011-12 Economic Vitality Incentive Program funding available to cities, villages, townships.
House Bill 4523 would amend the provisions of the FY 2011-12 Economic Vitality Incentive Program, created in 2011 PA 63 and amended by section 402 of 2011 PA 278, to require that a city, village, or township eligible to receive a potential payment under category three (employee compensation) certify by June 1, 2012 that it is in compliance with the requirements of the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act, 2011 PA 152, MCL 15.561 to MCL 15.569. If the eligible city, village, or township does not offer health care benefits, the eligible city, village, or township would be required to certify with the Department of Treasury by June 1, 2012 that it does not offer health care benefits to its employees.
For a an eligible city, village, or township to comply with 2011 PA 152, the city, village or township is required to comply with one of the following:
(1) The public employer can pay no more for medical plan benefits than $5,500 per employee with single person coverage, $11,000 per employee with individual and spouse coverage, and $15,000 per employee with family coverage.
(2) The public employer can pay no more than 80 percent of the total annual costs of all the medical benefit plans it offers or contributes to for its employees.
A local unit of government can exempt itself from the requirements of the act for the next succeeding year by a two-thirds vote of its governing body.
Current FY 2011-12 Economic Vitality Incentive Program category three requirements would be repealed. These include:
(1) New hires eligible for retirement plans must be placed on retirement plans that cap annual employer contributions at 10% of base salary for those employees eligible for social security benefits and 16.2% for those not eligible for social security payments.
(2) Public employers providing defined benefit pension plans are required to limit pension multipliers to certain levels depending on whether the employee was eligible for social security benefits and postemployment health care benefits.
(3) Public employers providing defined benefit pension plans are required to use a minimum of three years when computing final average compensation and can not use more than 240 hours of paid leave. Overtime hours can not be used in computing final average compensation.
(4) Health care premium costs for new hires are required to include a minimum employee share of 20%; alternatively, an employer's share of health care plan costs is required to be cost competitive with the new state preferred provider organization health plan on a per-employee basis.
Fiscal Analyst: Ben Gielczyk
■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.